Virtual Northwest Airlines is dedicated to providing a unique environment for the advancement of the virtual aviation experience.

Through our mutual efforts, vNWA partners, pilots and staff continually work to ensure that all of our members feel as part of a family of like-minded enthusiasts who work together to simulate the operations of Northwest Airlines as closely as possible by utilizing the same fleet, routes, and hub structure of the airline before it merged.

In doing this, vNWA staff endevour to provide our pilots with all the tools needed to make their experience as enjoyable and realistic as possible.

James Bishop, vNWA CEO

vNWA VATSIM Activity

WorldACARS Live Flights

NASCAR Charters Event 26

Posted by Mark Toler on 08/14/2019

Event #26 of the 2019 NASCAR Season

Our NASCAR Charters Event 26 this week will have 3 night races back down in the valley of Bristol (Tri Cities) Tennessee

Charters will begin on Thursday August 15th through Sunday August 18th out of MSP, DTW, MEM, EHAM, PANC, RJAA and our NASCAR Hub at KCLT into Tri-Cities Airport (KTRI)

   Pilots can fly any route we have in our system into KTRI to get credit as well.  Routes are in our wACARS system NWA7000 - NWA7037.  

 Bonus hours will be awarded to the top 3 pilots with the most flights as well as extra bonus hours for the best landing rate below -100 fpm.  Let's have a great turn out and get these race fans in and out of The valley this weekend at Bristol Speedway

Portlandia Live | FNO

Posted by Mark Toler on 08/14/2019

The ZSE controllers will be controlling live from the Summer Meetup 2019 at the Shilo Inn Portland Airport! This will be the kick-off event of the entire weekend meetup and we're happy to have KPDX (along with KTTD, KHIO, and KUAO) be the featured airports! This FNO will be great for some VFR traffic into these others fields to bring some realistic traffic and great flying in the PNW.

We're happy to announce that Bill Womack of ORBX, also known for his KPDX FlightBeam Scenery, will be attending the Summer Meetup over the weekend as well. With ORBX's recent True Earth Washington release, and soon to come Oregon, we know the flying opportunities will be great with this area. So be sure to fly in and/or out for this epic event. 

Remember, the Summer Meetup 2019 is not just for our controllers but is a VATSIM wide event where many of those attending are also just pilots. If you're able to make it to Portland for the weekend be sure to register for this great meetup which will feature not only this FNO, but another Live event on Saturday the 17th.  Click below for more information!

https://zseartcc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5098

Executive Flight Schedules

Posted by Mark Toler on 08/14/2019

vNWA EXECUTIVE FLIGHT SCHEDULES

For anyone that would like to fly along with vNWA Executives, there are now tentative published schedules of vNWA Executives individual scheduled flights.  These flights and times are tentative and subject to change.  Feel free to contact the Executive for specifics if needed by clicking on the link below (KSTP Hub Website) or visit the KSTP Hub Website from the Hubs Tab at the top of the Homepage of the Website, to see when your Executives may be flying and you can join them.

So check out the schedules and fly with us .

KSTP Hub Website

(click on above link)

(updated 8/14/19)

vNWA Executives

Mark Toler - NWA1964  (8/15/19) 

 Chris Schiessl - NWA1223 (TBA) 

Robbie Suwary - NWA1999 (TBA)

Northwest Light-Up - LIVE

Posted by Mark Toler on 08/13/2019

This will be a Saturday live event handled during the weekend meetup hosted by ZSE for all VATSIM members, pilots and controllers alike. The meetup will be in Portland Oregon from 16-18 August, 2019.

More details are indeed to come, but the current things we will share is we will be having a rotating shift to keep key areas of the ARTCC staffed for a full 12 hours. For sure KPDX and KSEA will be staffed.   During various time blocks, we may also feature some specific airports throughout the ARTCC, especially for smaller GA VFR traffic whom we hope will enjoy the great VFR flying the Pacific Northwest has to offer in August.

For those interested in attending the meetup which will be held in Portland Oregon, please visit this link! https://zseartcc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&p=27434

Staff It Up: Jacksonville

Posted by Mark Toler on 08/13/2019

Jacksonville ARTCC welcomes one and all to join us for the return of our “Staff it up Sunday!” event.

This week we will be featuring Jacksonville International Airport (KJAX). Our primary focus is to staff up the KJAX ATCT and radar facilities. From airliners to a Skyhawk in the pattern, all traffic is welcome. Come enjoy your afternoon with us for a relaxing Sunday flight in a professional ATC environment.

The event is from 2100z (1700 ET) to 2359z (1959 ET) on Sunday, August 18, 2019. Hope to see you there!

AVA Birthday Bash

Posted by Mark Toler on 08/13/2019

Come one come all! As the Fort Worth ARTCC partners with JoinAva in Celebration of JoinAva’s birthday. Coming to you on August 18th is the JoinAVA Birthday Bash!!!

FlightSim Expo 2019

Posted by Mark Toler on 07/30/2019

Your vNWA Executives attended the FSExpo 2019 conference and had a great time and experience with all the new technologies both in hardware and software in the Flight Simming Community.  We were able to meet with and attend meetings with designers and developers in all facets of software, hardware, and sceneries as well as homebuilt cockpits.  We also were able to fly and try out new yokes and throttle systems as well as new sceneries installed for us to experience.  We also met with the VatSim team and we were the first to try out their new upgrade to the voice client  that is about to be released with voice capabilities on unicom 122.80.   

We were able to meet up with some folks to help us in the right direction to finish our upgrade back to the ".com" server that Robbie Suwary and his staff have been working so diligently on to get us back up and running with a full functioning website and new ACARS system.  Stay tuned for updates on that in the very near future.  Overall it was a great conference and chance for the current Executive Staff to all meet in person for the first time. 

 L-R NWA1223 Chris Schiessl, NWA1964 Mark Toler, NWA1999 Robbie Suwary discussing the upcoming move back to the ".com" site.  

vNWA Executive Dinner near Universal at Orlando

(L-R) NWA1223, NWA1964, NWA1999  

vNWA Executives at work FSEXpo 2019